UFC 286: Edwards vs. Usman 3

The official Tapology discussion thread for the event!

Fiziev by 3rd round Tko.

Edwards vs. Usman III
Kamaru Usman, TKO
Usman Via KO His knees may be shot to **** but he will wrestle fck leon real good for a bit and give us a surprise knockout.

Gaethje vs. Fiziev
Rafael Fiziev, TKO, R2
Fiziev via TKO. Justin has been in too many wars and Fizeiv will pour on more damage.

Patterson vs. Ashmoz
Sam Patterson, SUB
Patterson via Sub. His debut was a bit sloppy and head movement is not the best..he’ll have a major reach advantage and Ashmoz doesn’t look UFC ready. Could come in and upset, ya never know! Patterson’s grappling is better but will need to move his head more in this one

lol. he won 30 seconds of 14 minute fight.

pipe down

also hadley has much better striking than mokaev

that's what I'm saying... @ andrew If he gave mokaev trouble he's gonna give Hadley trouble. It's gonna be far from a cake walk

if anything this fight is dog or pass if you're gonna bet it. Odds on Hadley aren't worth it. I don't see this being an easy fight for him

It's a close one. I think the key is the wrestling. If it goes to the ground Dolidze is winning. But can and will Marvin keep it standing? Can we trust him to?

On the feet though Roman has massive power I can't see him KOimg Marvin. And his output is low. I would say especially after R1 Marvin takes over the striking with leg kicks, jabs and pressure.
We shouldn't forget that Roman lost to Trevin Giles, mainly due to his striking deficiencies. 

I think there is a lot of recency bias atm because Roman has been getting quick finishes but has been losing on the feet until then. And in most cases hos opponent underestimates him and takes it to the ground. I mean he is a high level BJJ world champion who is one of the few who actually does leg locks well.

Mokaev is very talented but also super green. Gordon’s success was from mokaev making dumb mistakes. He kept trying to be anderson silva on the feet and made dumb mistakes on the ground for the crowd. Hadleys takedown defense is trash, but Gordon makes too many mistakes to hold him down or not get swept/subbed. On the feet it’s not close, Gordon bull rushes forward to avoid being hit, where hadley has clean boxing and hits hard

Im 17 dude, is that rly hard to comprehend? You want the Chinese version? I'll give you that too : 我17歲

Kamaru was crushing Leon until he got lucky, 🤷.

Edwards vs. Usman III
Kamaru Usman, DEC
Usman learns from his mistakes and wins the trilogy decisively

Gaethje vs. Fiziev
Rafael Fiziev, DEC
Fiziev’s Muay Thai is some of the best in the UFC right now, predicting this as FOTN

Nelson vs. Barberena
Gunnar Nelson, DEC
Gunnar has the advantage on the ground and Bam Bam has the advantage on the feet.

Maia vs. O'Neill
Casey O'Neill, SUB, R2
O’Neill is as good as Blanchfield in my opinion

Vettori vs. Dolidze
Marvin Vettori, DEC
Coin flip for me, if Dolidze wins it will be 99% by decision

Shore vs. Amirkhani
Jack Shore, DEC
Shore wins decisively

Duncan vs. Morales
Chris Duncan, TKO, R2
Close fight but I think Omar’s chin is compromised and Duncan takes more risks

Patterson vs. Ashmoz
Sam Patterson, SUB, R1
Don’t know enough about these 2

Mokaev vs. Filho
Muhammad Mokaev, SUB, R2
Mokaev via mauling

Murphy vs. Santos
Lerone Murphy, DEC
Closer than the votes make it seem but Lerone edges out the decision.

Duncan vs. Todorović
Christian Leroy Duncan, TKO, R1
Big Duncan via murder

Hadley vs. Gordon
Jake Hadley, DEC
Gordon has decent wrestling so I don’t think he will get finished, however he loses decisively

Wood vs. Carolina
Luana Carolina, DEC
Coin flip. Wood is on a downward spiral

Herbert vs. Klein
Ľudovít Klein, DEC
Lowkey banger that I actually think will go the distance

Hardy vs. Miller
Juliana Miller, SUB, R3
Bad return matchup for Macedo, Miller’s striking has improved and she’s dangerous on the ground, especially in full mount

@dec saying Leon got lucky is ******* stupid, just before he got the finish his corner said cross left high kick, he meant every bit of that kick he was 3-1 down but it's how you finish, there was no luck about it